Defreak

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak. colloquial, rare, transitive
  2. 2
    To cause no longer to be freaked out; to calm down. colloquial, rare, transitive

    "I tell myself this is progress. After all, the first step to defreaking arachnaphobes is to hand them a picture of a cute baby spider; the big-hairy-tarantula-fondling comes later."

Example

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"I tell myself this is progress. After all, the first step to defreaking arachnaphobes is to hand them a picture of a cute baby spider; the big-hairy-tarantula-fondling comes later."

Etymology

From de- + freak.

Related phrases

calm downfreaked out

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